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Click placement and units of perceptual processing.

W J Barry

    Phonetica
    |January 1, 1983
    PubMed
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    This study investigates perceptual processing units using the click-placement method. Findings support the psychological reality of syllables and feet in speech perception.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psycholinguistics
    • Experimental Psychology
    • Phonetics

    Background:

    • The click-placement method has been used to study perceptual processes.
    • Previous research has drawn conclusions about speech perception units.
    • Ladefoged and Broadbent's [1960] original claim regarding basic processing units requires examination.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a working hypothesis for examining basic processing units in speech perception.
    • To investigate processing units at segment, syllable, and foot levels.
    • To test the psychological reality of the syllable and foot.

    Main Methods:

    • Survey of earlier studies using the click-placement method.
    • Application of the click-placement task within a hierarchical perceptual decision framework.
    • Experimental design to probe processing units at different linguistic levels.

    Main Results:

    • Evidence supports the psychological reality of the syllable and foot.
    • The phonetic basis of the foot can be replaced by top-down information.
    • Differential word demarcation was observed between foot and syllable levels, influenced by segmental structure.

    Conclusions:

    • The syllable and foot are psychologically real units in speech perception.
    • Top-down information plays a role in processing the phonetic basis of the foot.
    • Segmental structure influences word demarcation, particularly between the foot and syllable levels.

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